Category: Cloud

Microsoft bosses praised the company’s cloud business as it reported better-than-expected quarterly results. The technology giant’s revenue was 24.7 billion dollars (£19 billion) for the past three months, up on the 24.3 billion (£18.7 billion) predicted by analysts. The Windows... Read more

The cloud is probably like the driverless car – it’s probably safer than doing it yourself and it’s probably the future but nevertheless people feel nervous about it anyway. That was the argument put forward by one attendee at a... Read more

Nearly two thirds of IT leaders think their businesses will suffer serious data breaches in the next year. 65 per cent of those questioned by Okta said their firms are at risk in the next 12 months if they do not upgrade... Read more

Most CIOs are worried about the long-term security risks created by cloud adoption, according to new research. A survey by Fruition Partners has revealed that 80 per cent of CIOs in the UK and the US believe the unsanctioned use... Read more

More than half of IT professionals are concerned about their companies’ approaches to cloud security, according to a report. A study by Gemalto and the Ponemon Institute has revealed that although organisations are keen on moving to the cloud, they... Read more

Do you know the differences between the different types of cloud service? Here are the basic facts about what public, private and hybrid cloud services are and how your business can use them. There is a lot of talk about cloud... Read more

British workers are more likely to trust European Union countries than the UK to host their data, according to a report published by a security firm ahead of this Thursday’s Brexit referendum. According to research by Blue Coat and YouGov, 40... Read more

A panel of experts was quizzed about how the potential Brexit might affect security at Data Security in the Cloud 2016 in London. For example, if Britain leaves the European Union, how would it affect the incoming General Data Protection... Read more

A member of the government’s technical team has offered insight into how it handles information security. Speaking at Data Security in the Cloud 2016, James Stewart, director of technical architecture at the UK Government Digital Service (GDS), said: “We have... Read more

Firms must make data classification rules easy, clear and flexible for their workers, according to security experts. Speaking at Data Security in the Cloud 2016, Bluesky chief operating officer David Topping said the problem begins with the fact that “the... Read more